2012 Northern Colorado Bears football team
The 2012 Northern Colorado Bears football team represented the University of Northern Colorado in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second year head coach Earnest Collins, Jr. and played their home games at Nottingham Field. They are a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 5–6, 4–4 in Big Sky play to finish in a three way tie for fifth place.
Schedule
Date |
Time |
Opponent |
Site |
TV |
Result |
Attendance |
August 30 |
5:15 PM |
at Utah* |
Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT |
P12N |
L 0–41 |
45,273 |
September 8 |
1:30 PM |
Colorado Mesa* |
Nottingham Field • Greeley, CO |
ALT/Big Sky TV |
W 40–3 |
5,136 |
September 15 |
3:00 PM |
at Sacramento State* |
Hornet Stadium • Sacramento, CA |
Big Sky TV |
L 17–28 |
7,408 |
September 22 |
1:30 PM |
at #2 Montana State |
Bobcat Stadium • Bozeman, MT |
Max Media/Big Sky TV |
L 16–41 |
18,637 |
October 6 |
1:30 PM |
Montana |
Nottingham Field • Greeley, CO |
RTRM |
L 17–40 |
4,751 |
October 13 |
7:00 PM |
at #15 Cal Poly |
Alex G. Spanos Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA |
KSBY/Big Sky TV |
L 28–56 |
9,382 |
October 20 |
1:30 PM |
Idaho State |
Nottingham Field • Greeley, CO |
Big Sky TV |
W 52–14 |
4,155 |
October 27 |
1:30 PM |
#13 Northern Arizona |
Nottingham Field • Greeley, CO |
Big Sky TV |
L 10–12 |
3,780 |
November 3 |
2:00 PM |
at Portland State |
Jeld-Wen Field • Portland, OR |
Big Sky TV |
W 32–28 |
5,077 |
November 10 |
1:30 PM |
at Weber State |
Stewart Stadium • Ogden, UT |
Big Sky TV |
W 42–34 |
4,837 |
November 17 |
12:00 PM |
North Dakota |
Nottingham Field • Greeley, CO |
Big Sky TV |
W 28–27 |
3,418 |
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time. |
Despite Sacramento State also being a member of the Big Sky, their meeting on September 15 was considered a non-conference game.
Game notes
@ Utah
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Bears |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Utes |
0 |
21 |
7 |
13 |
41 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
0–2 |
1937 |
L 6–7 |
Colorado Mesa
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Mavericks |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Bears |
7 |
3 |
16 |
14 |
40 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
6–0 |
1997 |
W 28–7 |
The win is the Bears first win since the final game of the 2010 season against Portland State, a span of 12 games. It is also just their second win in their last 21 games.
@ Sacramento State
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Bears |
3 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
17 |
Hornets |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
28 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
0–6 |
2011 |
L 0–14 |
@ Montana State
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Bears |
0 |
13 |
3 |
0 |
16 |
#2 Bobcats |
21 |
10 |
7 |
3 |
41 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
11–16–1 |
2011 |
L 21–31 |
Montana
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Grizzlies |
0 |
10 |
14 |
16 |
40 |
Bears |
0 |
0 |
10 |
7 |
17 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
1–11 |
2011 |
L 28–55 |
@ Cal Poly
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Bears |
14 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
28 |
#15 Mustangs |
14 |
14 |
14 |
14 |
56 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
2–7 |
2007 |
L 21–56 |
Idaho State
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Bengals |
0 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
14 |
Bears |
14 |
14 |
24 |
0 |
52 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
9–19 |
2011 |
L 20–50 |
Northern Arizona
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
#13 Lumberjacks |
2 |
7 |
0 |
3 |
12 |
Bears |
0 |
3 |
0 |
7 |
10 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
2–10 |
2011 |
L 14–34 |
@ Portland State
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Bears |
3 |
7 |
15 |
7 |
32 |
Vikings |
6 |
15 |
7 |
0 |
28 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
2–7 |
2011 |
L 17–23 |
@ Weber State
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Bears |
9 |
19 |
0 |
14 |
42 |
Wildcats |
7 |
10 |
3 |
14 |
34 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
0–6 |
2011 |
L 21–45 |
North Dakota
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
North Dakota |
14 |
10 |
3 |
0 |
27 |
Bears |
7 |
14 |
7 |
0 |
28 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
11–13 |
2011 |
L 25–27 |
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